BONNIE FOGEL
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Bonnie Fogel has guided the organization from its creation in 1979 as a PTA project in an elementary school to the acclaimed national institution it has become. Prior to Imagination Stage, she worked as an independent writer and journalist. In the United Kingdom, she worked in the communications department of retail giant, Marks & Spencer. In the United States, she worked for Pittsburgh Public Schools and The National Parks & Recreation Association. In the community, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Siena School and on the Scholarship Committee for Leadership Montgomery. She is a former Board Member of the BCC Chamber of Commerce and a founding member of the BCC’s Cultural Arts Committee and the Committee for a Bethesda Cultural District. In 2004, Bonnie was named a Washingtonian of the Year. Other awards include: Montgomery County ArtStars Award (2005); Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2006), Smart CEO Award, (2007), Theatre Washington Helen’s Star (2012), Montgomery Women Shining Star Award (2014), and recipient of the Gelman, Rosenberg, & Freedman Excel Award for nonprofit management (2015).
JANET STANFORD
FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Janet Stanford has helped transition Imagination Stage from a community-based arts organization to a nationally significant regional Theatre for Young Audiences theatre and arts education program. Janet has established a record for ongoing funding from the NEA, the Theatre Communications Group, and The Shubert Foundation, among others. She has commissioned US and international playwrights including Kevin Kling, Karen Zacarias, Joan Cushing, David S. Craig, and Charles Way, whose plays and musicals have gone on to be produced at other theatres in the US and as far away as China. Janet has traveled widely on grants seeking new and exciting artists to work with Imagination Stage. This past season, she directed JACK and Phil, Slayers of Giants-INC and Looking for Roberto Clemente at Imagination Stage, as well as adapting the world premiere, The Little Mermaid. This season, she directed the Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding Theatre for Young Audiences production, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Kira Burri
Database & IT Associate
Jen Luna
Director of Human Resources
Jolene Robichaud
Database & Analytics Manager
Janeth Saenz
Staff Accountant
Angel Schlogel
Office Manager and Facilities Associate
Meghann Babo-Shroyer
Associate Managing Director
David R. Whitney
Facilities & IT Manager
APPRENTICE PROGRAM
Courtney Cavallo
Apprentice & Volunteer Coordinator
Tristen Geren
Access & Inclusion Apprentice
Alexandra Poirier
Institutional Development Apprentice
Emily Smith
Production Apprentice
Anna South
Education Apprentice
Arika Thames
Education Apprentice
Hilda Lee Tijerina
Production Apprentice
Ana Maria Waldo
Institutional Development Apprentice
EDUCATION & ARTISTIC
Claire Bancroft Loos
Education Program Coordinator
Kathryn Chase Bryer
Associate Artistic Director
Alison Gee
Senior Faculty: Elementary
Marcia Howard
Senior Faculty: Dance
Nikki Kaplan
Associate Director of Education
Danielle Mathers
School Partnerships Manager
Jeff Sachs
Education Associate
Joanne Seelig Lamparter
Director of Education & Theatre for Change
David Stern
Director of Digital Media
Stacy Steyaert
Early Childhood Program Coordinator
Scott S. Turner
Access Coordinator
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sean Byrne
Development Coordinator
Chelsey Christensen
Director of Development
Laura diCurcio
Graphic Designer
Jeremy A. Jackson
Marketing & Communications Associate – Professional Theatre
Kanea MacDonald
Marketing Coordinator – Education & Community Outreach
Jan McNamara
Development Manager/Institutional Advancement
Jessica Pettit
Director of Marketing and Communications
Sarina Di Calogero
Special Events Coordinator
PATRON SERVICES
Sherill Anne Gross
Assistant Patron Services Manager
Megan Marsden
Group Sales Coordinator
PRODUCTION
Jeffrey Morris
Production Manager
Jason Caballero
Assistant Technical Director
Alysha DeVries
Assistant Costume Shop Manager
John Elder
Technical Director
Danielle Harris
Scenic Charge Artist
Anna Klinger
Costume Shop Manager
Ali Mark
Resident Carpenter
Bethany Regalbuto
Master Electrician
Laura Sperling
Assistant Production Manager
Vanessa Spring-Frank
Properties Coordinator
IMAGINATION STAGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(OFFICERS)
Patrick O’Neil
PRESIDENT
George Little
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Jessica Boger
SECRETARY
Lara Oerter
TREASURER
Cathy S. Bernard
Mara Bralove
M. Celeste Bruce
Ashley Burke
Ginger Huang Dietrich
David Hurwitz
Tina Martin
Diane Polinger
VICE PRESIDENTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (MEMBERS)
Karolina Anthony
Nancy Bonnell
Ashley Bronczek
Ashley Burke
Julia Harman-Cain
Nina DiSandro
Brian Drujak
Camille G. Fesche
Bonnie Fogel
Julianna Goldman
David Harrison
Christopher Hertz
Michelle Johnstone
Sara Lange
Catherine S. Leggett
Lynne J. Lightfoote, MD
Michele A. Manatt
Pilar Frank O’Leary
Dushanti Peiris
Lily Qi
Margo Sadow
Carolyn Schugar
Jessica A. Springsteen
Janet Stanford
Sunit Talapatra
Antonio Tijerino
Chengbiao “Cheng” Tu
Jim Young
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Kim Greenfield Alfonso, 2015- 2017
Susan Lacz, 2011-2013
Mark Richardson 2009-2011
Wayne Hunley, 2007-2009
Stephen A. Hayes, 2005-2007
Sally Rosenberg, 2003-2005
Robert G. Brewer, Jr., 2000-2003
J.J. Finkelstein, 1998-2000
Mita Schaffer, 1996-1998
Nancy T. Greenspan, 1994-1996
Jerry Morenoff, 1992-1994
Barbara J. Gottschalk, 1990-1992
Gail L. Jacobs, 1988-1990
Frank Allen Philpot, 1986-1988
LEGAL COUNSEL
Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.
IMAGINATION STAGE DC
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(OFFICERS)
Dr. Kim Woodson Barnette
PRESIDENT
Kim Greenfield Alfonso
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Erika Martin Bolden
SECRETARY
Chris Taylor
TREASURER
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (MEMBERS)
Matthew Blocher
Scott Deutchman
Bonnie Fogel
LaShelle “Shelley” Franklin
Monica Gregorio
Bruce Johnson
Gabrielle Mallory
Nichole Francis Reynolds
Janet Stanford
Maura White